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Mere
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 5
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A pool or lake. Drayton. Tennyson.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 5
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A boundary. Bacon.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 5
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A mare. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 5
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To divide, limit, or bound. [Obs.] Which meared her rule with Africa. Spenser.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 5 of 5
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified. Then entered they the mere, main sea. Chapman. The sorrows of this world would be mere and unmixed. Jer. Taylor.
2. Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple; bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form. From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation. Atterbury.